City of Parchment, MI | The Paper City | Founded in 1939
WEBThe City of Parchment, The Paper City, is located in Kalamazoo County Mi. View city resources, information about the area, and to download city forms here.
Parchment — Kalamazoo Public Library
WEBThe closing of the Crown-Vantage mill was a hard blow to the city of Parchment. No longer the “Paper City,” the town that Kindleberger built has begun to find other ways to keep itself afloat. Parchment has remained relatively small in size.
Paper Industry — Kalamazoo Public Library
WEBIn 1909 Jacob Kindleberger established the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company just north of the city of Kalamazoo. The community that grew up around his mill was made up almost entirely of paper workers and their families, and in 1930 Parchment officially became a village.
Parchment Local History - Parchment Community Library
WEBClick to learn local history for the City of Parchment: films, oral histories, newspaper digital archives, documents, photographs, postcards & a short history.
How Kalamazoo Became "The Paper City" - WMUK
WEBMay 12, 2016 · Not long after he moved to Kalamazoo 19 years ago, Frank Cody started hearing stories about the City of Parchment – the town that formed around a paper mill, the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company. "Then I found out that there were a history of different paper companies in Kalamazoo that were founded at different times,” he says.
nailhed: The Paper City, Pt 1: "Where it All Began"
WEBWillis Dunbar's Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State says that the Kalamazoo Paper Co. was established in 1866, and that between 1890 and 1915 dozens more paper mills were built in the city as well as elsewhere in Kalamazoo County and other nearby counties. The towns of White Pigeon, Three Rivers, Watervliet, Plainwell, Parchment ...
nailhed: The Paper City, Pt. 3: "Bloodsweat & Gears"
WEBNestled in a village on the outskirts of Kalamazoo that is actually named "Parchment" after an ancient form of paper, the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co. (KVPC) Mill was actually the nucleus of what began as a model company town next to …
Parchment, Michigan - Wikipedia
WEBParchment is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census recorded a population of 1,926. The name is derived from the parchment company that used to manufacture paper on the East bank of the Kalamazoo River. Parchment is located just northeast of the city of Kalamazoo, and it is mostly surrounded by Kalamazoo …
Local History Documents - Parchment Community Library
WEBParchment the Paper City (1976) View Download. Parchment 25th Anniversary Booklet (1964) View Download. Story of Parchment and KVP (1937. By Helen Southon) View Download. KVP.
How Parchment Came to Be - Parchment Community Library
WEBApr 3, 2024 · This three-part program explores Parchment’s early history including the role of Jacob Kindleberger in the development of the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, the growth of Parchment as a “model community for the world,” and the changes in the city as the paper industry evolved in the 1950s and 1960s.
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